Why is the Apollo 13 mission called the most successful failure?

To date, the only country that has sent astronauts to the moon and returned safely is the United States.

From 1969 to 1972, from Apollo 11 to Apollo 17, in these seven missions, the United States sent a total of 12 astronauts to the moon six times and returned them safely to Earth, and the only "failure" occurred during the Apollo 13 mission.

On April 11, 1970, after the success of the Apollo 11 and 12 missions, the three astronauts of the Apollo 13 mission embarked on the Saturn V launch vehicle and began their journey to the moon.

The disaster originated from a routine agitation of the oxygen tank, which was used to ensure the equal distribution of oxygen, but the astronauts and the ground command center could not have imagined that the oxygen tank after the agitation turned out to be ****, this time for unknown reasons, most of the oxygen in the spacecraft system was instantly "reimbursed" for most of the oxygen in the spacecraft system, as well as all the electricity in the command module.

The paralysis of the command module and the sudden drop in oxygen meant that the "near" moon became an unattainable dream, but fortunately, the three astronauts were still alive.

After abandoning the moon landing, the Apollo 13 mission became a self-rescue, and the ground command center initially intended to let the astronauts immediately turn the spacecraft back to Earth, but the failure of the propulsion system made the astronauts dare not act rashly, and began to try "unpowered return".

The so-called "unpowered return".

It means that the spacecraft will continue to fly in orbit around the moon, and when it circles the far side of the moon, it will abandon the paralyzed command module, enter the lunar module with all its members, and use the landing rocket of the lunar module to provide thrust, change orbit to the Earth and the moon to return to orbit, and accelerate to the earth.

However, in the process, the three astronauts had to survive four full days in the lunar module, which could only accommodate two astronauts, during which oxygen was still on the verge of danger and drinking water was extremely scarce.

On April 17, three astronauts successfully landed in the South Pacific Ocean four days after the accident, and 45 minutes later were salvaged and rescued by lifeguards.

It is worth mentioning that the Apollo 13 mission was later called the "most successful failure", and the dangers of the three astronauts did not break the "enthusiasm" of NASA to the moon, but made the subsequent moon landing operation safer.

Finally, a "future event".

If everything is normal, from 2023 to 2024, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will become the closest human being to the moon after the crew of Apollo 17, because he previously spent a "sky-high price" to buy a ticket for Musk's "trip around the moon", and Yusaku Maezawa will go on a week-long journey around the moon with the artists he invited.

Because the Apollo 13 mission was the only failure of the seven manned moon landings in the United States, it was called a failure. However, although the manned mission to the moon failed, all the astronauts survived, so it is also called the most successful failure.

Because although the Apollo 13 mission failed, the astronauts were able to return safely, which is already a miracle, and it is difficult to operate in space when approaching the moon.

Although Apollo successfully landed on the moon, he did not mine anything of value on the moon, so he was the most successful failure

Because although the spacecraft had an accident, the astronauts successfully returned to Earth through their textbook calmness and perfect cooperation with the ground command center.

1. The cost is huge. The U.S. Apollo manned lunar landing program, from May 1961 to December 1972, when Apollo 17 carried out the last manned landing on the moon, cost about 338 billion yuan in 2008 in terms of actual purchasing power, is a gold-swallowing beast. Even the United States is struggling.

3. The attraction of the moon landing to the United States has declined, and the attention is not high. And space laboratories, reusable space shuttles are considered the way of the future.

4. The Vietnam War broke out, and it was impossible to take care of both.

The political goals have been achieved, the technical goals have been achieved, and there is no need to continue the costly project.

Project Apollo, also known as the Apollo Project, was a series of manned missions to the moon organized by the United States from 1961 to 1972. The purpose is to realize the manned lunar flight and the field investigation of the moon and make technical preparations for the manned planetary flight and exploration, which is an epoch-making achievement in the history of world astronautics. The Apollo program began in May 1961 and ended with the sixth successful moon landing in December 1972, lasting about 11 years and costing $25.5 billion.

From this it can be seen that the Apollo program was not terminated, but ended.

The United States is now planning a manned landing on Mars and building a Mars base on Mars. Colonize Mars. The moon has always revolved around the earth, and it is just a satellite of the earth, and when the earth dies one day, the moon will also die.

And there is nothing on the moon except stones and dirt, so it is of no great value. Mars is not the same as Mars, which is a planet that revolves around the sun, which is the same level as the Earth.

A manned landing on Mars and colonizing Mars is the way out. Landing on the moon no longer makes much sense for the United States. When the earth is destroyed in the future, maybe Mars will be the future life-saving planet of our human race.

Preparing now is for future generations not to be destroyed, and one more planet inhabited by human beings, the greater and longer the probability of human survival in the universe.

This task was mysterious, and only the supreme ruler of the time could have known about it.

The mission is still an unsolved mystery, but the great plan is suddenly stopped.

Legend has it that things that can't be photographed can't be made public.

It's still a big mystery, and no one knows for sure.

We don't know about this yet, maybe only the person concerned can know.

This kind of task definitely needs to be kept secret, and we certainly can't understand it clearly.

Maybe it's to hide people's eyes. How can the good face of the United States reveal the real situation.

This task is still an unsolved mystery, and many people are not clear.

In fact, there is no such thing as a non-existent task, this is all rumor.

Because Apollo 13 failed to complete the mission to the moon, it allowed NASA to accumulate valuable experience throughout the rescue operation, which is very instructive, so it is called the most successful failure.

Because the Apollo 13 mission to the moon was successful, but did not bring actual benefits to mankind, it is called the "most successful failure".

Because of the accident caused by the oxygen storage chamber of Apollo 13**, the moon landing could not be carried out, and the astronauts almost lost their lives on the way back.

Although Apollo 13 did not complete the lunar mission, it has accumulated extremely important experience behind this successful rescue, which has important guiding significance for future space missions, so it is called the most successful failure.

The "most successful failure" in the history of human spaceflight was Apollo 13.

Mankind is grinding high, and the "most successful failure" in the history of astronautics, Youjing, is Apo Rift Luo 13.

Mankind is grinding high, and the "most successful failure" in the history of astronautics, Youjing, is Apo Rift Luo 13.